eyekwah
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I'm intrigued by what the future of revenue college sports will hold, particularly for the Big Ten. I also have an interest in how things will shake out for the ACC / Big XII members. In my effort I gathered data from websites related to memberships, facilities, football attendance, football success, football viewership, and men's basketball success. Since this thread is titled "Future Big Ten Expansion" I'll keep the remarks to the Big Ten.
Adding new members will be more challenging than you might expect. The first challenge is the AAU requirement. The even bigger challenge is finding value additions. Once you add two more members it is increasingly more difficult. Below is a list of AAU members from the ACC or Big XII ranked on criteria stated earlier. The colleges with the highest rate of success are at the beginning. Obviously Notre Dame is the golden goose, after that there is a significant drop off. Also note the lack of Big XII candidates. New XII members Utah, Arizona, and Arizona State along with old members Kansas and Colorado are the only AAU members. Another anomaly is where the ACC members are in comparison. I really think the conference would have to look to the SEC conference to find a value adds, i.e. Texas A&M.
University of Notre Dame
University of Miami
University of Utah
University of Colorado Boulder
Arizona State University
University of Pittsburgh
University of Arizona
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Virginia
Duke University
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Kansas
You might ask what are the best available programs without regard to AAU membership? Below are the 10 best available based on the criteria in ranked order. While there is some overlap most of the list are not AAU. Once you get pass Miami the value add factor isn't too much, if at all.
Clemson University
University of Notre Dame
Florida State University
University of Miami
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Brigham Young University
West Virginia University
Oklahoma State University
University of Utah
Texas Tech University
North Carolina State University
Based on the difficulty of finding two teams to make 20 conference members I do not believe the conference will ever go beyond 20 members.
Adding new members will be more challenging than you might expect. The first challenge is the AAU requirement. The even bigger challenge is finding value additions. Once you add two more members it is increasingly more difficult. Below is a list of AAU members from the ACC or Big XII ranked on criteria stated earlier. The colleges with the highest rate of success are at the beginning. Obviously Notre Dame is the golden goose, after that there is a significant drop off. Also note the lack of Big XII candidates. New XII members Utah, Arizona, and Arizona State along with old members Kansas and Colorado are the only AAU members. Another anomaly is where the ACC members are in comparison. I really think the conference would have to look to the SEC conference to find a value adds, i.e. Texas A&M.
University of Notre Dame
University of Miami
University of Utah
University of Colorado Boulder
Arizona State University
University of Pittsburgh
University of Arizona
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Virginia
Duke University
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
University of Kansas
You might ask what are the best available programs without regard to AAU membership? Below are the 10 best available based on the criteria in ranked order. While there is some overlap most of the list are not AAU. Once you get pass Miami the value add factor isn't too much, if at all.
Clemson University
University of Notre Dame
Florida State University
University of Miami
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Brigham Young University
West Virginia University
Oklahoma State University
University of Utah
Texas Tech University
North Carolina State University
Based on the difficulty of finding two teams to make 20 conference members I do not believe the conference will ever go beyond 20 members.
